Ying-sun: vocals, guitar Mario: vocals, guitar Ian: keyboards PLUS: a rotating cast of ne'er-do-wells on bass, drums, vocals, percussion and more!
Influences
The Smiths; The Clash; U2; The Cure; David Bowie; The Rolling Stones; The Beatles; Pixies; early Elvis Costello; Talking Heads; Violent Femmes; Velvet Underground; Bruce Springsteen; Bob Dylan; Arcade Fire; Franz Ferdinand; Interpol; other great bands...
Hey there. We are Dialectic. We're an indie pop-rock band from San Francisco, playing music we like for people like us. (And everyone else, too.)
Whenever you tell people you're in a band (or in this case, you ARE a band), they ask who you sound like. The obvious answer is "We sound like us," but nobody is ever satisfied with that response. So instead we say things like, "We sound like The Clash meet The Smiths meet David Bowie." Or, "It's like Talking Heads vs. U2 vs. Weezer." Or, "We're like The Beatles. Well, not really."
But really, we sound like Dialectic. Honest songs, songs like life.
Dialectic is a three-man outfit, but a five-(plus)-piece band. How's that work, you ask? Well, there's Ying-sun (vocals, guitars), and Mario (vocals, guitars), and of course Ian (keyboards, background vocals). That's Dialectic. But we also have a bunch of friendly ne'er-do-wells who sing and play with us. And we love our ne'er-do-wells!
We are about to release our first full-length album, Laugh Like a Bandit/Love Like a Thief. It took a little while. Over the past few years, we've put out a couple of teaser CDs — six songs here, three songs there. But never an LP. Now it's here, and we think and hope that you'll like it.
After all, it sounds just like Dialectic.
Stay tuned for release information for our new record..
Whuuuuuuuzzzzzuupppp! Wanted to check in with you... Hope all is good. How are things moving? It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
Stop by... Share the latest with you, mang. Stay connected.
hey boyz - thanks again for filling in last week at elbo! was awesome meeting you, and hope we share the stage again soon. i'll try my best to make it to slims next week...
So I'm not sure if it's even possible, but there is a gig at the Metro on 7/28 with a bunch of bands. I think they might have space for one more... hint hint hint.
i'm president of the dykes for dialectic fan club. i've been to 2 out of 3 shows. i know all their lyrics. my favorite one is mario cuz he knows how cook some real good spaghetti. ying-sun's fun once you've given him a beer or two.
